This year's best and fairest is proving a tough one to pick with more than half a dozen Hawks well in contention for the award.
We've taken a look back at which players were deemed among our best on ground across every round in 2023 to see where the votes may land at the Peter Crimmins Medal this Saturday.
Round 1: Hawthorn (65) defeated by Essendon (124)
Worpel (29 disposals, 7 clearances), Ward (26 disposals, 8 marks), Sicily (30 disposals, 15 marks), Day (22 disposals, 8 marks), Hardwick (17 disposals, 9 marks)
Round 2: Sydney (118) defeated Hawthorn (37)
Worpel (22 disposals, 1 goal), Ward (19 disposals), Sicily (25 disposals, 7 marks), Day (26 disposals, 7 clearances)
Round 3: Hawthorn (80) defeated North Melbourne (61)
Day (29 disposals, 11 marks), Moore (2 goals, 26 disposals), Sicily (28 disposals, 18 marks), Newcombe (22 disposals, 1 goal), Brockman (3 goals, 6 marks), Ward (27 disposals, 5 marks)
Round 4: Geelong (127) defeated Hawthorn (45)
Breust (3 goals, 6 marks), Day (22 disposals, 8 tackles), Ward (23 disposals, 6 tackles), Impey (24 disposals, 5 marks)
Round 5: Hawthorn (75) defeated by GWS (77)
Newcombe (31 disposals, 1 goal), Worpel (35 disposals, 8 clearances), Impey (14 disposals), Greene (3 goals, 7 marks), Nash (31 disposals, 9 tackles), Brockman (1 goal, 16 disposals)
Round 6: Hawthorn (76) defeated by Adelaide (79)
Newcombe (26 disposals, 7 tackles), Sicily (27 disposals, 11 marks), Nash (28 disposals, 1 goal), Amon (22 disposals, 5 marks), Greene (3 goals, 8 marks)
Round 7: Western Bulldogs (94) defeated Hawthorn (65)
Newcombe (2 goals, 24 disposals), Hardwick (27 disposals, 12 marks), Day (30 disposals, 5 marks), Sicily (26 disposals, 1 goal), Lewis (1 goal, 11 marks), Breust (3 goals, 9 disposals)
Round 8: Fremantle (117) defeated Hawthorn (48)
Day (26 disposals, 1 goal), Worpel (25 disposals, 6 clearances), Nash (26 disposals, 8 tackles), Newcombe (1 goal, 20 disposals)
Round 9: Hawthorn (49) defeated by Melbourne (103)
Sicily (27 disposals, 8 marks), Day (29 disposals, 5 clearances), Newcombe (26 disposals, 1 goal), Hardwick (24 disposals, 6 marks), Nash (27 disposals, 4 clearances), Mitchell (27 disposals, 8 marks)
Round 10: Hawthorn (142) defeated West Coast (26)
Sicily (30 disposals, 11 marks), Newcombe (1 goal, 24 disposals), Lewis (6 goals, 24 disposals), Nash (30 disposals, 8 clearances), Weddle (28 disposals, 2 goals), Mackenzie (2 goals, 22 disposals)
Round 11: St Kilda (78) defeated by Hawthorn (88)
Sicily (43 disposals, 16 marks), Newcombe (31 disposals, 9 clearances), Day (30 disposals, 5 marks), Lewis (3 goals, 10 disposals), Moore (31 disposals, 1 goal), Nash (27 disposals, 5 tackles)
Round 12: Port Adelaide (151) defeated Hawthorn (96)
Breust (5 goals, 6 marks), Worpel (35 disposals, 6 clearances), Impey (33 disposals, 6 marks), Lewis (3 goals, 8 marks)
Round 13: Hawthorn (98) defeated Brisbane (73)
Newcombe (28 disposals, 5 clearances), Sicily (32 disposals, 12 marks), Impey (28 disposals, 5 tackles), Lewis (4 goals, 11 disposals), Macdonald (28 disposals, 2 goals), Worpel (30 disposals, 5 clearances)
Round 15: Gold Coast (101) defeated Hawthorn (34)
Day (29 disposals, 9 marks), Hardwick (38 disposals, 8 marks), Impey (29 disposals, 6 marks), Worpel (28 disposals, 5 clearances)
Round 16: Hawthorn (52) defeated by Carlton (112)
Day (26 disposals, 4 clearances), Ward (28 disposals, 6 marks), Worpel (26 disposals, 6 tackles), Greene (2 goals), Morrison (24 disposals, 6 marks)
Round 17: GWS (85) defeated Hawthorn (72)
Newcombe ( 28 disposals, 9 clearances), Day (26 disposals), Amon (27 disposals, 6 marks), Hardwick (25 disposals, 5 marks), Maginness (15 disposals - tagging Josh Kelly)
Round 18: North Melbourne (40) defeated by Hawthorn (88)
Worpel (32 disposals, 1 goal), Amon (33 disposals, 1 goal), Newcombe (33 disposals, 7 clearances), Impey (24 disposals, 1 goal), Frost (8 disposals - match-up on Larkey), Nash (32 disposals, 4 clearances), Hardwick (17 disposals, 6 marks)
Round 19: Richmond (96) defeated Hawthorn (95)
Newcombe (30 disposals, 1 goal), Sicily (28 disposals, 13 marks), Worpel (27 disposals 9 clearances), Amon (27 disposals, 7 marks), Lewis (4 goals, 14 disposals)
Round 20: Hawthorn (93) defeated by St Kilda (122)
Breust (6 goals), Day (22 disposals, 2 goals), Worpel (30 disposals, 7 clearances), Newcombe (20 disposals, 6 clearances), Wingard (2 goals, 26 disposals)
Round 21: Hawthorn (105) defeated Collingwood (73)
Sicily (37 disposals, 19 marks), Day (29 disposals, 7 clearances), Maginness (6 disposals - tagging Nick Daicos), Newcombe (28 disposals, 1 goal), Moore (2 goals, 22 disposals), Hardwick (16 disposals, 8 marks), Nash (32 disposals, 9 marks)
Round 22: Hawthorn (67) defeated Western Bulldogs (64)
Newcombe (40 disposals, 12 marks), Day (24 disposals, 1 goal), Amon (32 disposals, 13 marks), Worpel (25 dispoals, 7 clearances), Moore (24 disposals, 1 goal), Koschitzke (1 goal, 8 marks)
Round 23: Melbourne (87) defeated Hawthorn (60)
Worpel (30 disposals, 11 clearances), Nash (25 disposals), Maginness (13 disposals - tagging Clayton Oliver), Day (20 disposals, 4 clearances), Sicily (23 disposals, 7 marks), Amon (27 disposals, 14 marks)
Round 24: Hawthorn (56) defeated by Fremantle (93)
Moore (27 disposals, 1 goal), Amon (23 disposals, 1 goal), Sicily (25 disposals, 12 marks), Newcombe (23 disposals, 1 goal), Day (30 disposals, 6 clearances)
